Chemicals and Drugs

Phosphatidylinositols

Derivatives of phosphatidic acids in which the phosphoric acid is bound in ester linkage to the hexahydroxy alcohol, myo-inositol. Complete hydrolysis yields 1 mole of glycerol, phosphoric acid, myo-inositol, and 2 moles of fatty acids.

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Abstract

Derivatives of phosphatidic acids in which the phosphoric acid is bound in ester linkage to the hexahydroxy alcohol, myo-inositol. Complete hydrolysis yields 1 mole of glycerol, phosphoric acid, myo-inositol, and 2 moles of fatty acids.

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18 entry terms
  • Inositide Phospholipid
  • Inositide Phospholipids
  • Inositol Phosphoglyceride
  • Inositol Phosphoglycerides
  • Inositol Phospholipid
  • Inositol Phospholipids
  • Phosphatidyl Inositol
  • Phosphatidylinositol
  • Phosphoinositide
  • Phosphoinositides
  • PtdIns
  • Inositol, Phosphatidyl
  • Phosphoglyceride, Inositol
  • Phosphoglycerides, Inositol
  • Phospholipid, Inositide
  • Phospholipid, Inositol
  • Phospholipids, Inositide
  • Phospholipids, Inositol

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.

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Indexing Annotation

/biosyn /physiol permitted

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History Note

77; was PHOSPHATIDYL INOSITOL see under PHOSPHOINOSITIDES 1963-76; PHOSPHOINOSITIDES was heading 1963-93

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Previous Indexing

  • Phosphoinositides (1966-1974)

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  1. D10w.570w.755w.375.760w.400w.942w

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QU 93

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Phosphatidylinositols. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010716. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010716
  2. Phosphatidylinositols. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphatidylinositol
  3. Phosphatidylinositols. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2273248